PERMFILE42637

• Permit No: C1981034
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/29/1996
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX F Native Plants, Inc - Vegetation Survey 8/83
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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SAPSPLINC ADEQUACY
' Cover
Total cover was plotted for each quadrat and then this was
broken dorm into woody cover and herbaceous cover. The Sampling
' Adequacy 'l'est worked quite well with each vegeta[lun type In regard
to woody cover but did not seem to apply in regard to Herbaceous cover.
' Tl~e Ocular Estimation 'fecl~nique vas used for ground cover in each
' quadrat. Refer to OSM Region V Publication, "A Survey of Techniques
for Peasurement of Herbaceous and Shrub Production, Cover and Diversity
' on Coal Lands in the Weat."
Current Year's Production

For production quadrate 0.0125 acre in size were used, Essentially
' only 1/6 of the circular quadrat was used for determining the production
measurement, Once again [lie harvesting method as outlined in the OSM
t Region V publication, "A Survey of Techniques for Measurement of
Ierbaceous and Shrub Production, Cover and Diversity on Coal Lands in
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REVISED May B, 1981
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